My daughter-in-law is a voracious reader! I thought I was one, but she has me beat! Her reading goal for this year is 100 books. I set a modest goal of 52, at least one book a week. So far, I’ve read two–both on my iPad Kindle app, and both historical novels set in the 19th century. Oh, and both mysteries rather than romances. I started the January Book of the Month selection, The Fury, set in modern times on an isolated island in the Aegean Sea, cut off from the mainland and accessible by boat only. There is a murder. I suppose, even though the murder occurs outside in the garden, it is a “locked-room” mystery since the only suspects are those who are visiting the privately owned island. The owner is a sort of reclusive movie star. I’m just a few chapters in, though, so there will be no spoilers. I don’t know even know who the victim is, only that he has been murdered! So far, even the narrator is unnamed.

Sherry inspired me to create a book journal/book log to track my reading. I haven’t finished it yet; somehow, it keeps growing. My pages include the following:

• a title page, which isn’t complete yet

• a numbered grid to track my reading goal of completing 52 books this year

• A goal tracker with includes some reading challenges for the year

• a pretty bookshelf tracker (color-coded according to genre)
• a pages read tracker and a genre tracker

• “books I’m grateful for”–I want to add some books I’ve read before I began this journal, but I’m not sure about that. I’m thinking of printing off small book covers to put on this page of those books.

• The Thirteen Moons Reading Challenge

• Reading through the Ages Challenge

• Book of the Month tracker
• Reading the Classics Challenge
• The Thoughtful Reading Challenge
• Discover Your Next Favorite Novel Challenge with specific reading suggestions

I haven’t finished the last four spreads. On the occasional blank pages, I’m going to add some quotes about books and reading.

I plan to add a page for nonfiction as soon as I figure out what I want to do. My goal is to read twelve nonfiction books this year. (I have three or four already sitting on my TBR pile.)

So, here are my reading goals for the year. It’s going to be fun to see if I can meet that goal!